By Mary O’KEEFE The fifth Annual Hometown Country Fair will be held at Crescenta Valley Park this Saturday, April 17, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event harkens back to old time country fairs with arts and crafts exhibits, rides and, of course, pie baking and eating contests. As for the weather? “We have […]
CRAIG LEVRA TO SPEAK AT GCC “From Defense to Offense – A Strategic Approach to Business Success during Difficult Economic Times” is this year’s Business Lecture Series presentation on April 29 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Glendale Community College auditorium. The lecture features Craig Levra, president and chief executive office of Sport Chalet […]
Two in runoff for Assembly The top Democrat and Republican in the race Tuesday for the 43rd Assembly District finished in almost a dead heat. The vote was to choose a successor for former Assemblyman Paul Krekorian, now Los Angeles city councilmember. Top vote getter was Republican Sunder Ramani, who received 10,403 votes, for 31.79%. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Tales of the golden age of Hollywood will be told by an actress from those days on Monday, April 19 at the next meeting of the Historical Society of the Crescenta Valley. Pauline Wagner McCourtney was a contract actress with MGM in Hollywood in the ‘30s and ‘40s. She danced with Fred […]
An asteroid is expected to safely fly by Earth today at 4:06 p.m. The Catalina Sky Survey in Tucson, Ariz. recently discovered the asteroid named 2010 GA6. At its closest approach it will be 223,000 miles away from Earth, about 9/10th the distance to the moon. The asteroid is about 71 feet wide. “Fly-bys of […]
Cell phone rules near approval The Glendale City Council is one vote away from adopting an ordinance to place strong controls on cell phone towers in residential areas and on public access streets. The ordinance will come before the council for a vote next week, to take effect in 60 days. New cell phone towers […]
LOCAL MUSICIAN AT WINE CAVE Matthew Sikora will be performing at the Wine Cave on April 10 beginning at 7:30 p.m. At 24 years old, Sikora, a professional musician, has a long list of credits and accomplishments including the lead vocals and acoustic guitar for the band Fathom that toured in the Vans Warped Tour […]
Persons required to register as a sex offender are not eligible to be included in the state’s new non-revocable parole program the Board of Supervisors was told Tuesday. The issue was raised by Supervisor Mike Antonovich, who said, “Recent reports point to the reluctance by the state to revoke parole for sex offenders for parole […]
By Mary O’Keefe On April 13 the Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Coalition will be holding its second community forum at Verdugo Hills Hospital. The topics of the forum will include underage drinking and drug parties, teen and pre-teen binge drinking and kid drug use. There will also be a film made by teens and […]
By Brandon HENSLEY They arrive in cars and buses, but aren’t they supposed to fly or swoop in on a hovercraft? Their attire consists of a highlighter-green vest and a red cap. What – no capes or cowls, or even a bold logo on the chest? And forget about having powers or fancy gadgets unless […]